Climate change is reducing early wet season rainfall in Puerto Rico and Jamaica

Cracked earth at a farm in Puerto Rico. Photo: USDA Forest Service photo by Preston Keres

Since May 2026 Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and smaller islands including St Lucia, St Vincent, the US Virgin Islands, Grenada and St Kitts have experienced increasingly severe drought conditions, following a wetter-than-normal late winter and early spring (Drought.gov, 23 July, 2026). Persistent rainfall deficits and near-record temperatures have driven critically low river flows, declining reservoir and … Continue reading “Climate change is reducing early wet season rainfall in Puerto Rico and Jamaica”